Electric-fuse box.



T. B. MURRAY. ELECTRIC FUSE BOX. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 19, 190B.

Patented Mar. 2, 1909. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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Specification ot lietters 2,1909. Application an mus, in. 422,10.

i To all whom it may l I therewith, are formed two upwardly extend- Beitknown that'I, Tno'ms E. MURRAY, a

citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of NewYork and State partly in the box an cover (shown in part) is a plan viewof the underside of the cover.-

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of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Im rovement inElectric-Fuse Boxes, of whic the following is a specification.

The invention relates to an electricgcut out or fuse box for useonservice circuits and to be placed in any desired position.

e invention consists in the construction whereby the interior of' thebox, when the cover is closed, is divided into three compartments orsections wholly separated from .one another by partitions of insulatingmaterial; each of said artitions formed partly on the cover. In theaccom drawings1 igure 1 is a plan view oiir'ny in tp'oved fuse box,

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F' 3 isfa section of the box, onthe line a: z of 5. Fi 4 is a sectionof-the box, on the line 3 of ig; 3. 5 is an endelevar' tion of t e box,taken on the right hand side Similar characters of reference indicatelilie parts 1 a box of insulating material preferably porcelain or thelike; 2'is a cover of mg material hinged atone end of said box.

In one end of said box and cover is a circular o ening receiving thetube 3, which incloses t e three conductors '4, 5, 6, which areprodvided with the usual forkedmetallic termi nals'7. At the oppositeend of-the box are openings through which pass the three conductors 8,9, 10 also provided with forked metallic terminals 11. .The of themiddle or neutral conductors 5 and 9 are secured by screws 12'to thecontact plate 13, which is attached by said screws to the bottom of thebox. Each terminal of the conductors 4, 6, 8, 1 0 issecured'by a screw14 to a" metal clip 15, having vertical walls; said screw 14 0 servingto attach'said clips to said box.

16 is an electric or out out of anyceived in the clips communicatingwith con' ting together of the partial ing partitions 18 and 19. Theupper corners of these artitions are beveled as shown at 20 an 21. Onthe under side of the cover and at the angle of the cover nearest thehinge, are formed two. downwardIy'extending triangular partitions 22,23, and at the opposite end of the corner, there are two irregularlyshaped artitions 24,125, which extend to the end 0 the box. When thecover is closed as shown in 3, the lowerinclined edge of each artition22, 23, meets the upper eft hand veled edge 20 of a partition 18, 19,and the irregular y shaped partitions 24 and 25 meet the right handbeveled edge 21 and right hand end of said partitions 18, 19. By reasonof the fitpartitions in the cover and box as described, two com letepartitions are formed which, divide t e space within the box into threecompartments or tubes A, B, C, formed wholly of insulating inaterial,one of said tubes receiving the cut out to, another the cut out 17 andconductor ter i 16 and conductor terminals connectedthereminalsconnected thereto, and the third, the

middle or neutral conductor terminals and contact plate. In thisway'thethree conductors and the cut outs are completely separated andinsulated from one another within the box and access thereto prevented.

I claim? 1. In a cut out box, two longitudinal garpartitions oflesslength than said x, :acover, and, on the under side of said cover, jtwopartial partitions constructed, when said cover isclosed, to meet theedges of said longitudinal partitions at the ends thereof, and therebyto form two complete partitions dividing said box longitudinally tothree compartments. J 2. In a cutout box, two longitudinal partialpartitions of less length than said box, a cover, and, onthe under sideof said cover, two partial partitions constructed, when said cover isclosed, to meet theedgesof said longitudinal partitions at the endsthereof, and thereby to form 'two'complete partitions dividing said boxlongitudinall mto three compartments, circuit termin at the'ends of twoof said compartments, and a fuse case removably secured in each of saidcompartments and in circuit with the terminalstherein. V

3. In a cut out box, two longitudinal partial partitions of less lengththan said box i tions dit iding said box longitlidinally into 10 andbeveled at their extremities, circuit terminals in said box and, nearthe ends slgnature 1n presence of two Witnesses.

thereof, a cover, and, on the under side of said cover, two (partialpartitions corre-.

spondingly bevele and constructed when said cover is closed to meet theedges of said longitudinal partitions at the ends thereof, and therebyto form two complete partithree compartments.

In testimony whereof I have affiXed my THOMAS E. MURRAY.

'itnesses GERTRUDE T. PORTER,

MAY MoGARRY.

